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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01478950 PIKE CREEK NEAR NEWARK, DE
LOCATION - Lat 39°42'24.8", long 75°41'42.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, New Castle County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on left bank downstream of highway bridge on Upper Pike Creek Road, 2.7 mi northeast of Newark, and 0.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5.89 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Datum of gage was revised on May 25, 2022 from 49.0 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 to 41.61 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The former datum value was computed for the land surface at the gage's location and did not account for the local gage datum offset.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Annual maximum, water years 1969-75. October 2019 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 41.61 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. November 1968 to September 1975, nonrecording gage at site 0.35 mi downstream, on right upstream wingwall of bridge on State Highway 2, at datum 30.96 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS - Water Years 2022-2023: Records good, except those above 600 ft³/s and those with estimated discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2021: Records good, except those above 600 ft³/s, which are poor.
Water Year 2020: Records good, except those above 600 ft³/s and those with estimated discharges, which are poor.
U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2019 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2019 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2019 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Multi-parameter water-quality monitor, October 2019 to current year.
REMARKS - Missing data due to equipment malfunction.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum 2,660 microsiemens/cm, multiple days throughout period of record with the first on December 17, 2020; minimum, 42 microsiemens/cm, multiple days throughout period of record with the first on August 17, 2021.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 28.0°C, August 9, 2022; minimum, -0.2°C , multiple occurrences, January 17, 2024.
